Urgent! Need to raise ~$1,200 USD in 24 hrs for South Pole expedition.

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Reuploading the pictures of Faysal with the Bitcoin logo on the South Pole since earlier pictures are no longer available. For posterity

Links to pictures:
https://imgur.com/gallery/OFlIdME
https://ibb.co/Fg9Tk6Y
https://ibb.co/bNZhqJZ

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Success!

Quote from: Faysal Hanneche

Hello to all of you, I’m from 11:00 p.m. (French time) at the South Pole. I was very well received and I have very good vibration. After a good meal and heat, I was invited to visit the US base Amudsen Scott and i also very well received. It’s cold, it falls below -30 ° C and I am very tired. I have a plane this morning for the base Union Glacier and afterwards another plane to Punta Arenas in Chile. Before going to bed, I went to the place where is the point indicating the South Pole to take some pictures with the flags of my partners who trusted me and I thank the form of the heart.

I also took the time to gather myself alone and remind myself the progress so far. My head is spinning a little to see the world but I do feel that the positive waves: it’s a good drunk. Friendship to all of you from the South Pole.

http://www.faysal-hanneche.com/en-direct-du-pole-sud/

Pictures and more to come. Thank you to all who supported this effort!

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Is this topic of Legendary? Shocked

bg002h

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Quote from: hivewallet on November 03, 2013, 10:05:24 AM

Love this community so much.

Now with the price back down to earth (roughly the same as when this thread started) perhaps our community will bond a bit better.

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I outlived my lifetime membership:)

It's fun to look back at this and think "I was a small part in making it happen..."

All the best to our daring explorer. Hopefully a safe return with no ligament injuries!

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Ironically, I was just thinking about this yesterday as I was finalizing the I Have a Dream endeavor: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-bitcoin-embrace-freedom-twittercommlksihaveadream-918449

To be honest, every now and then I started to have doubts about this quest, but am so happy to now see it come to fruition. Unlike my Super Bowl banner that supposedly made it to the front gate last year but was confiscated by homeland security, at least that was the last anybody ever heard from the infamous tattoo lady, that convo to me.

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Quote from: newIndia on January 12, 2015, 06:23:47 AM

Quote from: Sword Smith on January 12, 2015, 05:51:46 AM

Good news! Faysal just called me from Antarctica. He said that he would reach the South Pole tomorrow or the day after. I expect him to be able to complete a transaction then. His expedition can be followed here:
www.faysal-hanneche.com/blog-transantarctic/ **Use Google Translate if you do not speak French**
SHA256 of address to receive bitcoins from South Pole:
b3e4066f3b1ccd87cc1089cd83793d7db7658e849a7f4f43d137d93ec42d509f

Awesome !!! Will we be able to see some picture that bitcoin flag is on the South Pole ?

That is what he told me on the phone (he left a voicemail for me). He told me that he would get pictures of the flag from the South Pole and that he would also get pictures of my company's logo, Sirius Money, from the South Pole. He also told me that he would try to call me tomorrow.

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Quote from: Sword Smith on January 12, 2015, 05:51:46 AM

Good news! Faysal just called me from Antarctica. He said that he would reach the South Pole tomorrow or the day after. I expect him to be able to complete a transaction then. His expedition can be followed here:
www.faysal-hanneche.com/blog-transantarctic/ **Use Google Translate if you do not speak French**
SHA256 of address to receive bitcoins from South Pole:
b3e4066f3b1ccd87cc1089cd83793d7db7658e849a7f4f43d137d93ec42d509f

Awesome !!! Will we be able to see some picture that bitcoin flag is on the South Pole ?

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Quote from: Sword Smith on January 12, 2015, 05:51:46 AM

Good news! Faysal just called me from Antarctica. He said that he would reach the South Pole tomorrow or the day after. I expect him to be able to complete a transaction then. His expedition can be followed here:
www.faysal-hanneche.com/blog-transantarctic/ **Use Google Translate if you do not speak French**
SHA256 of address to receive bitcoins from South Pole:
b3e4066f3b1ccd87cc1089cd83793d7db7658e849a7f4f43d137d93ec42d509f

I would be worried about falling off the bottom of the world.

Or getting dizzy from the spinning.

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Good news! Faysal just called me from Antarctica. He said that he would reach the South Pole tomorrow or the day after. I expect him to be able to complete a transaction then. His expedition can be followed here:
www.faysal-hanneche.com/blog-transantarctic/ **Use Google Translate if you do not speak French**
SHA256 of address to receive bitcoins from South Pole:
b3e4066f3b1ccd87cc1089cd83793d7db7658e849a7f4f43d137d93ec42d509f

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Bounty is already in place for the next leg of Bitcoin's epic journey: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bounty-100-via-btc-for-a-flag-design-to-be-placed-onto-mount-everest-in-2014-433842

Sadly, I'm still seeking a fellow Bitcoiner that's attending the Super Bowl next Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday, predicated upon the weather.

~TMIBTCITW

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god damn what a bullish week, first the moon and now bitcoins on the poles, what is next?

Mount Everest: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/a-bitcoin-themed-flag-will-be-place-atop-mount-everest-this-summer-2014-432649

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Quote from: ElectricMucus on November 02, 2013, 01:42:45 PM

I urge a more permanent resettlement. As an incentive I'll provide you with a lifetime supply of Ayn Rand eBooks.

Now that's just mean. Content aside, her writing style is just so, very.... bad. Anyone who'd give a supply of Ayn Rand books, should be obligated to also provide a suicide pill for when the reader can't take it any more.

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god damn what a bullish week, first the moon and now bitcoins on the poles, what is next?

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Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on December 13, 2013, 04:26:39 AM

Due to a knee injury, Faysal Hanneche had to cut the trip short to the South Pole, thus no Bitcoin flag will be planted.

http://transantarctic.wordpress.com/

Here's to hoping that Faysal has a speedy recovery.

~Bruno Kucinskas

@Faysal -- we have a few good orthopedic surgeons over here in Minnesota. You can crash at my place if need be

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